TARRANT COUNTY, TX
Tarrant County Archives
Research Files
Pictured: Reverend Austin at the family plot of A. J. Lee, in Mosier Valley Cemetery
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| Box | Description | ||
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| D/22 | Scrapbook on League of Women Voters, 1915 to 1930. | ||
| D/23, D/24 | Directories: Texas Society C. A. R. Directory 1969, 1969 to 1970, 1970 to 1971, 1972. New members admitted October 15, 1971. | ||
| D/23, D/24 | San Jacinto Society C. A. R. Houston, Texas, January 18, 1972. Report of members resigned and admitted and changes of address. | ||
| D/23, D/24 | New members of Joseph Black Society C. A. R., November 2, 1971. | ||
| D/23, D/24 | Report to Mr. Chalmers W. Hutchison concerning organizing meeting of the David Meriwether Society at Richardson, November 16, 1971. Registrar’s Reports 1954 to 1955, 1955 to 1956, 1956 to 1957, 1957 to 1958, 1958 to 1959, 1959 to 1960, 1960 to 1961. | ||
| D/23, D/24 | Texas Society C. A. R. Members-at-Large | ||
| D/23, D/24 | National Board | ||
| D/23, D/24 | Nathaniel Maxwell Roster, Austin, Texas, 1971 to 1972. | ||
| D/26 | Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Texas, copies of applications and Letters of the 1960s and 1970s. | ||
| D/29 | Manuals and workbooks of instructions for taking the 1980 United States Census | ||
| H/88 | Two Scrapbooks: G. E. Tandy Parent-Teacher Association, First District, Fort Worth, Texas, 1955 to 1956 and 1956 to 1957. | ||
| D/65 | Elm Fork Association of United Baptists, association minutes from 1849 to 1855. | ||
| D/65 | West Fork Baptist Association of United Baptists, association minutes from 1855 to 1885. | ||
| D/59 | Inventory of the County Archives of Texas, Brown County, No. 25, Texas Historical Records Survey. | ||
| D/94 | Calendars: American Memories, 1996; A Calendar of Tarrant County History, 1981; The National Experience, 1985. | ||
| D/99 | Ledgers maintained by North Texas School of Law: three Ledgers, undated, two Bulletins of the North Texas School of Law, 1935 to 1936, 1936 to 1937, one cover letter, November 7, 1972. | ||
| H/146 | Research regarding building Highway 121 across a portion of North Main Street and Samuels Avenue in Fort Worth to connect with existing Highway 121, which would threaten the integrity of a historic 1890-1910 neighborhood. Tarrant County Historical Commission members Dee Barker and Lela Sandifer conducted research to submit the neighborhood as a historical district to the National Register of Historic Places. Though the nomination was not submitted, the extensive research is valuable. | ||
| H/146 | 1. Sample nomination forms for National Register nominations, preliminary research of the area, correspondence with American Lawyers Title Co. requesting access to their old records. | ||
| H/146 | 2. Nomination draft copies. A 44-page description of the area and bibliography. | ||
| H/146 | 3. Research of early settlement on site, using early maps, deed description of 1899 partition suit, letters of Farrar, I. C. Terry, newspaper articles, and reminiscences of descendants of early settlers. | ||
| H/146 | 4. 1106 Samuels Avenue (Grunewald House) tax records and plats. | ||
| H/146 | 5. 823 Samuels Avenue (Lehane House) tax records and family history. | ||
| H/146 | 6. Early Birdville plat and abstracts from early deeds. | ||
| H/146 | 7. Narrative written by Barker: “The Samuels Avenue and Cold Springs Road Area: How it Relates to the Settlement of Tarrant County; to the Military Fort, Fort Worth; and to the City of Fort Worth.” | ||
| H/146 | 8. Arnold Park tax card and Tarrant County document, September 6, 1917, signed by County Judge Jesse Brown, releasing property to City of Fort Worth. | ||
| H/146 | 9. Copies of aerial photographs of the area. | ||
| H/146 | 10. City Directory research for houses on Samuels Avenue, beginning with 1877 to 1909. | ||
| H/146 | 11. Janie Reed research on Cold Springs area (her sources unknown). Reed was an active member of the North Fort Worth Historical Society. | ||
| H/146 | 12. Heirs of Felix Mulliken Survey, showing some distribution and division of survey. | ||
| H/146 | 13. 1877 Fort Worth City Directory, machine copy of biographical section with early history and notes from later city directories. | ||
| H/146 | 14. Drawing Park, notes and drawings. | ||
| H/146 | 15. General notes on stockyards, packing houses, water systems, streetcars, population, and streets. | ||
| H/146 | 16. Fort Worth City Limits, progression shown through maps and articles. | ||
| H/146 | 17. Notes taken from Old Northwest, Navarro County, two-volume set, by Nancy Timmons Samuel and Barbara Roach Knox, 1980. | ||
| H/146 | 18. Notes taken from Oliver Knight’s Fort Worth: Outpost on the Trinity. | ||
| H/146 | 19. Notes taken from Fort Worth Mail-Telegram, 1896. | ||
| H/146 | 20. Maps and plats that encompassed the Samuels Avenue area. | ||
| H/146 | 21. Research for location of “fort.” Simon Farrar letter, military records from National Archives, newspaper clippings, Federal Writers’ Project articles | ||
| H/146 | 22. Research for Cold Springs Pavillion. Narrative of stockyards story by Janie Reed. | ||
| H/146 | 23. Tarrant County Orphan’s Home | ||
| H/146 | 24. Street car railway on Samuels Avenue | ||
| H/146 | 25. Pioneer’s Rest Cemetery: short history narrative, newspaper articles, burial list from “Footprints” | ||
| H/146 | 26. Plats (from abstracts) from various properties on Samuels Avenue | ||
| H/146 | 27. Plats from tax office | ||
| H/146 | 28. Population notes, copied from various period publications | ||
| H/146 | 29. Railroad notes of times various lines entered Fort Worth, location of depots | ||
| H/146 | 30. Roads and bridges notes pertaining to Samuels Avenue | ||
| H/146 | 31. “North Fort Worth Architectural/Historical Survey and Adaptive Reuse Studies,” machine copy of portion of this study. | ||
| H/146 | 32. Notes on Samuels Avenue, residents, hand-drawn map of street | ||
| H/146 | 33. Mulliken survey maps copied from tax office | ||
| H/146 | 34. Mulliken survey tract cards copied from tax office | ||
| H/146 | 35. Samuels Addition, block maps, copied from tax office | ||
| H/146 | 36. Mulliken Addition tracts cards copied from tax office | ||
| H/146 | 37. Elizabeth Gouhenant Addition in Mitchell Baugh survey tract cards from tax office | ||
| H/146 | 38. Samuels Addition tract cards copied from tax office | ||
| H/146 | 39. Bennett’s Addition in Mulliken survey tract and plat drawings from tax office | ||
| H/146 | 40. Eggleston Addition in Mulliken survey tract and plat drawings from tax office | ||
| H/146 | 41. Samuels Addition tract and plat maps, Block One | ||
| H/146 | 42. Samuels Addition in Mulliken survey, Block A, tract and plat drawings | ||
| H/146 | 43. Samuels Addition in Mulliken survey, Block B, tract and plat drawings | ||
| H/146 | 44. Samuels Addition in Mulliken survey, Block D, tract and plat drawings | ||
| H/146 | 45. Samuels Addition in Mulliken survey, Block E, tract and plat drawings | ||
| H/146 | 46. Samuels Addition in Mulliken survey, Block F, tract and plat drawings | ||
| H/146 | 47. Samuels Addition in Mulliken survey, Block G, revised to GR, tax records | ||
| H/146 | 48. Cranfill subdivision of Mulliken Addition, Mulliken survey, tax records | ||
| H/146 | 49. Sallie Terrell subdivision of Mulliken Addition, Mulliken survey, tax records | ||
| H/146 | 50. Samuels Addition, Block M, plat drawing | ||
| H/146 | 51. List of individual houses on Samuels Avenue, with date built and style of home. Portion of National Register application for Lehane House at 823 Samuels Avenue | ||
| H/146 | 52. Samuels Ave. Photographic survey, photographer unknown, machine copies, location of original unknown | ||
| H/146 | 53. National Register nominations completed by Sharon Kerbey | ||
| H/146 | 54. National Register related correspondence | ||
| H/146 | 55. National Register related correspondence | ||
| H/146 | 56. TXDOT preliminary meeting with Samuels Avenue property owners, list of owners contacted, correspondence to same | ||
| D/143 | A. Brandt Upholstery Company papers, [1927-1940s]; loose papers showing early costs, salaries, and billing for the company, documents related to Community Chest, invoices to Bell Aircraft, Boeing, and the U. S. Government during World War II |
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| D/163 | “The Flavor of Texas,” by J. Frank Dobie, Fort Worth Press, published as a series of articles during Texas Centennial in 1936; also contains photocopies. |
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| D/168 | Pamphlets, booklets, handbooks related to nuclear weapons, radiation, and nuclear fallout, 1957-59, 1961, 1963. | ||
| H/182 | Fallout Shelter Medical Kit: Survival Medical Collection from Office of Civil Defense, Department of Defense for a shelter for 50-65 occupants. Packed December 1962. | ||
| D/178 | Trains, green cardboard-covered Scrapbook, 12 by 14 inches, clippings from Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Fort Worth Press, 1967; general subject is trains and related local concerns. | ||
| D/194 | Reports, newspaper clippings, publications, meeting notes, and agendas related to the expansion of I-30 and I-35 W in downtown Fort Worth, 1980. These meetings led to the I-CARE group that successfully fought a TexDOT expansion of the downtown Fort Worth overpass of I-30. | ||
| D/195 | Calendars | ||
| H/178 and H/179 | These files were assembled from applications for the Texas Historical Commission Historical Marker Program or National Register of Historic Places nominations. They include narratives, drafts, revisions, correspondence, images, copies, and plans. These specific files were either denied acceptance or not submitted for review. Information found within the files may not be accurate, however, some files may be eligible for re-submission once edited with correct and updated information. See link for access to denied or unsubmitted historical marker applications. 1. All Church Press, 501 Taylor Street, Fort Worth 2. Atelier Building, 209 W. 8th, Fort Worth 3. Morgan Bryan House, 409 W. Leuda, Fort Worth 4. Raymond Buck House, 6312 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth 5. DeVitt House, 1634 S. Jennings, Fort Worth 6. Dickerson House, 400 N. Pecan, Arlington 7. Order of Eastern Star Home, 1111 E. Division, Arlington 8. 1st National Bank Building, 121 N. Main, Mansfield 9. Feil Residence, 409 Elm, Arlington 10. Fort Worth Fire Station, Number 1, E. Second Street and Commerce, Fort Worth 11. Frenchman’s Well, 212 N. Taylor, Fort Worth 12. William E. Graham House, 401 E. College, Grapevine 13. Grapevine College, 410 E. College, Grapevine 14. Arnold Guertler House, 2257 Hemphill, Fort Worth 15. William A. Hanger House, 2308 Winton Terrace West, Fort Worth 16. Julian C. Harris House, 4621 Foard Street, Fort Worth 17. Zebulon Jenkins House, 500 block Wildwood Lane, Grapevine 18. Jopling Cemetery, Mansfield-Cardinal Road, Tarrant County 19. McKnight Building;Knights of Pythias Hall, 100 N. Main, Mansfield 20. Melat House, 2600 Ryan Place Drive, Fort Worth 21. Missouri Avenue Methodist Church, 522 Missouri Avenue, Fort Worth 22. William B. Moning House, 312 Leuda, Fort Worth 23. Mosier Valley School Building, Euless (moved to Bedford) 24. North High Mount Elementary School, 3801 W. 7th, Fort Worth 25. Sarah Jane Perry Gravesite, Ragland Road, Mansfield 26. Campbell Poyner, Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth 27. First Seventh Day Adventist Church, 7051 McCart, Fort Worth 28. St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 522 Missouri Avenue, Fort Worth 29. Samuels Avenue Area, Fort Worth 30. Sansom’s Chapel Methodist Church, 2400 School Lane, Bedford 31. Smithfield School, N. Richland Hills 32. Trail Drivers Park, 1700 Block of NE 28th Street, Fort Worth 33. Turkey Mountain, FM Road 1886 and Silver Creek-Azle Road 34. Tyer Duplex, 210 W. North Street, Arlington 35. Malone Waller House, Ridgetop, 6000 English Oak Drive, Arlington 36. Walker-Stribling Drugstore, 117 W. Main, Azle 37. Webb Baptist Church Building, 7000 Zuefeldt, Arlington 38. Wilkinson Log Cabin, Hwy. 26, Colleyville 39. James I. Wright, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth |
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| D/204 | Views of Fort Worth, Texas, C. L. Swartz, 1901. booklet measuring 5 by 7 inches |
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| H/169, H/170, H/171, H/172 | Files related to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, four boxes, 1991 to 1992. Source: U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration; Department of the Air Force; U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers. 1. Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport: Runway 16/34 East and Runway 16/4 West, Volume I, Documentation, July 1990 2. Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport: Runway 16/34 East and Runway 16/34 West, Volume II, Appendices, July 1990 3. List of Dwellings in Mitigation Program 4. Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport: Runway 16/34 East and Runway 16/4 West, Volume I, Documentation, July 1990 (Additional copy of number 1) 5. Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport: Runway 16/34 East and Runway 16/34 West, Volume II, Appendices, July 1990 (Additional copy of number 2) 6. Final Environmental Impact Statement, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport: Runway 16/34 East and Runway 16/34 West, Volume I, Documentation, Final Report Summary, 1991 7. Final Environmental Impact Statement, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport: Runway 16/34 East and Runway 16/34 West, Volume II, Appendices, 1991 8. Record of Decision, April 6, 1992 9. Assessment of Effects, Historic Architectural Properties, Runway 16/34 West, November 1992 10. Correspondence 11. Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Disposal and re-use of Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, February 1993 12. Draft Environmental Impact Statement, February 1993. Disposal and re-use of Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, March 1994 13. Final Environment Impact Statement, Disposal and Re-use of Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, July 1994 14. Carswell Air Force Base Historic Sites Inventory, conducted by Texas Tech University between September 1991 to May 1992 15. Correspondence 16. Environmental Assessment: Saginaw Army Aircraft Plant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, April 1992 |
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| H/211 |
Tarrant County Historical Commission Marriage Records Project carried out in the 1980's and early 1990’s after the County Clerk deposited old marriage licenses with the TCHC. The TCHC then sent the original copies to patrons for a nominal donation; the project ended so that the original records could remain in the collection. The box contains correspondence and receipts related to the licenses that were mailed. | ||
| D/581 | Two ledgers; La Belle Apartments Rent Ledger, 1929 to 1932 (located at 1318 North Main; manager, Sol Promer); La Belle Apartments Rent Ledger, April 6, 1928 to May 3, 1928 (contains notes, interest, rent, La Belle, contracts, [sundries]) | ||
| Box 1/Student Papers | Two boxes of Tarrant County Junior College student research papers and photographic essays, topics include Tarrant County history, presented to Duane Gage, 1954-1986 |